Trip to Florida

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On October 16, 2001, I took SR 37 South to US Rt 150 East to US Rt 27 South and US Rt 70 East to Knoxville, TN. I stayed the night in the parking lot of the Bally's there. I continued on US Rt 70 East to US Rt 129 South. The land south of Knoxville is very pretty with pasture land and forests (left). I stopped at a Walmart to get my dinner (Patio Mexican, 88 cents) and couldn't resist getting a picture of this hill in the distance (Walmart is to the right of the picture).
There were also sections which were clear cut and starkly beautiful, but with the winding and narrow roads I could never stop safely to take a picture (and the scenic overlooks weren't of the clear cut sections). On the left is a scenic river/reservoir covered with fog. The roads got really narrow and winding as I got into the national preserves with the roads following the lay of the land and well banked rather than the cut straight through which is common now.
US Rt 129 parallels a river which had been damned at a couple of points for electric power and looked more like a lake. It was a very pretty drive, especially with the fall colors. The picture on the right had interesting lighting with the clouds.

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